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Pinkish in color,
found offshore bottom fishing, can be up to 20 lbs., excellent taste |
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Offshore species,
live on rocky bottom, common up to and exceeding 100 lbs., excellent taste |
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Offshore bottom
fish found on wrecks and rocky reefs, common up to 40 lbs., Florida record
is 142 lbs., good eating fish |
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Copperish in
color with one or more spots at base of tail, inshore migrating from estuaries,
record is 51 lbs., although usually around 8 lbs., great for blackening |
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Reef dwelling
bottom fish, excellent taste |
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Early season
sport fishing at its finest, long gray and white lateral stripes with broad
head, migrates inshore, great fighting and eating |
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Smaller than
king mackerel, found in schools inshore and offshore, over deep grass beds,
good frying fish |
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Several species
in and offshore including hammerhead, blacktip, and mako, edibility varies |
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Schooling migratory
fish, common to 20 lbs., record is 90 lbs., excellent for smoking |
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Dark gray or
green with black spots, found in estuaries, great eating, record is 15 lbs.
6 ozs. |
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Deep dark blue
sport fish, found near 100-fathom line, record is 116 lbs. |
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Large game fish,
awesome sight to see, up to 8 feet long, Florida record for Blue Marlin
is 980 lbs., White Marlin record is 161 lbs. |
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Largest of mackerel
family, fastest fish in the sea, offshore game fish, excellent to eat |
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Large schooling
fish found offshore, not in a can, excellent eating |
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